AR/VR Text Input via Mobile Intermediary
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Solution Overview
Problem
Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) apparatuses face inefficiencies and poor user experience due to their low operation efficiency in text input, as users must manually select characters on a virtual keyboard, which is cumbersome and tiresome.
Innovation Solution
The method involves turning on a first mode when input is required, allowing text input to be performed on a connected apparatus, such as a mobile device, which then transmits the input data to the AR/VR device, enabling convenient and efficient text input without local operation on the AR/VR device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If text input is performed locally on AR/VR apparatus using a virtual keyboard, then the apparatus can independently perform text input operations, but the operation efficiency is low and user experience is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a mobile terminal as an intermediary device between the user and the AR/VR apparatus for text input operations. The mobile terminal receives input instructions from the user, processes the text input locally with its full keyboard interface, and transmits the resulting text data to the AR/VR apparatus. This mediator approach allows the AR/VR system to leverage the mobile device's superior input capabilities while maintaining system independence.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the text input function from the AR/VR apparatus itself and relocates it to a mobile terminal. By separating the text input operation from the main AR/VR system, the patent allows the AR/VR apparatus to focus on its core functions while delegating the cumbersome text input task to an external device with better input capabilities, thereby improving both efficiency and user experience.
2Ease of operation
If a virtual keyboard is used for text input on AR/VR apparatus, then the apparatus maintains system independence, but the operation becomes cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile terminal serves as a mediator that handles time-consuming text input operations. Users can type on the mobile device's full keyboard and send results to the AR/VR apparatus, significantly reducing the time required compared to selecting characters from a virtual keyboard in the AR/VR environment. The mediator handles the tedious typing work while the AR/VR system receives only the final text results.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent effectively creates a copy of the text input interface on the mobile terminal, allowing users to interact with a familiar full keyboard layout rather than a limited virtual keyboard in the AR/VR space. This copied interface provides better ergonomics and faster input speed, reducing the time users spend on text entry tasks.
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AI summary
An input control method includes, in response to entering a first state, turning on a first mode, the first state being a state requiring input, and receiving first data sent by a first apparatus, the first data being data associated with the first mode.